Always Hope

This slice of bread marks the 1000th since our modest beginnings in 2010 and falls on a day where multiple events flow together.  It is the Memorial of St. Agnes, which brings to mind the impending closing of St. Agnes Boys School in Manhattan, which has educated students in the Marist Tradition for 104 years; We honor Dr.  Martin Luther King Jr. and renew his dream of a nation  where all are equally respected;  the Second Innauguration of our president takes place in front of the Capitol where later this week thousands will gather for the March for Life; it is the 61st. anniversary of the founding of the first Marist school in Rwanda (where I taught), and it is the 17th anniversary of the death of Br. Basilio Rueda, our Superior General from 1967-1985, whose cause for canonization has been opened.  It is amazing how marvelous people and events can converge on one day, although years and continents separated them when they began.  We live in a large circle and within that circle elements bounce around within it and often enough cross paths more than once.  No matter how many loose ends we might be dealing with just today, there is always hope that in God's good time they will all be accomplished.  We just need to look at this day as a sign of reassurance.
Bro. Rene